Are you going to travel? Make sure you’re prepared with the vocabulary you will need for your business trip or vacation. In this lesson, I’ll teach you the English vocabulary you must know for travel — from preparing your travel itinerary and making reservations, to getting your visas and boarding your flight. It is essential that you know this basic English travel vocabulary, because English is an international language. ESL students who are studying abroad will find these words very helpful. Even if you are not travelling to an English-speaking country, as a tourist, you will need to communicate with people at the airport, and at tourist attractions. Watch this lesson, take the quiz, and have a safe trip!

Test your understanding of this English lesson

Test your understanding of the English lesson by answering these questions. You will get the answers and your score at the end of the quiz.

Most B&Bs in Niagara Falls expect their guests to ___________ a room in advance.

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When you pick up your __________ pass at the airport, make sure that the gate, time, and flight number are correct.

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Bradley knew that he would travel to many areas which had a lot of disease. So before he left, he made sure to get all of his ______________.

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If you travel to another country, it is important to understand the ____________ conversion. That way you won't spend more money than you want to.

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The kids are really looking forward to the trip. We planned a lot of ___________ for them. The one they’re looking forward to the most is going to Disneyland.

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If you're travelling around England, you may want to ___________ a car.

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When you return from a trip overseas, make sure you _____________ any purchases you made to the customs officer. If you don't, you could get into a lot of trouble!

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For security reasons, most airlines won’t let you take liquids in your ___________ luggage.

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We received our __________ from the travel agent. We leave at 8:00am from Heathrow Airport, land in Toronto at 9:00am local time, and go straight to the conference at 10:30am. At around 4:00pm we finally go to the hotel. What a long day.

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You do not need a transit ________ for Hong Kong if you are just changing flights. If you want to leave the airport, though, you should check the regulations with the consulate.

Dutch people (citizens of Holland) have their own language which a bit sounds like a mixture of German and English for me. On the other hand, definitely everybody can speak English well in that country, and they kindly speak it, not just can.

The lesson was useful but you needed to add more information about the arrival time and the departure time a bit more about the the travel agency or the plane , because people are sometimes can’t get certain information throughout the internet….
Thanks Adam, well done.

Especially when you travel you mustn’t forget about the excess baggage because in the airport there is certain luggage allowance so have a good trip and don’t forget to get you baggage at the baggage reclaim…

I got 9 correct out of 10. “Excursion” was my new word. So I was a little confused. When I traveled to L.A., I used ANA travel pack (itenerary) from travel agency. If I would go there or somewhere, I would like to book hotel myself. Thank you for your useful lesson, Adam :)

Thank you Edinho! I like books,novels,poems,poetry and all it has to do with writing. Especially what give a feel when you read something ,that is what I’m trying to find.Actually I want to be that writer,because I love transmit emotions .Is really rare to find it in these days … Don’t you think ? :)

Wednesday, May 21st 2014

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Yes, it’s very rare to find that. You have a good taste for reading. Feel free to write a drop to my e-mail or skype.
Exchanging messages is a good way to practice English skills.
See you!

Awesome!!! :) Tell me when your next trip will be.I will be glad to have you here ^_^. We have amazing places around waiting to be visited .
P.s Don’t forget to bring me a copy of your novel signed by you , if you had already done it. ;)

Essentially, no. You can use them interchangeably. Though, commonly you would book a room or a flight. You would reserve a space (at a table in a restaurant, etc.). Reserve means to save, while book means to register. But, again, people will understand either one.

accommodation is an act of making adjustments to help someone or make a situation easier. Its used more often as a verb
E.g.: The new CEO asked all his senior managers to adjust their holiday schedules in order to accommodate the transition of the new staff.

Hello Adam ! That was awesome I learned the words which are very important for any kind type travel arrangements .
I got 9 out of 10 (
But still I’m confused with boarding pass/ time could you please explain a bit more

Tuesday, May 20th 2014

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Hi Fariha,

Once you check in and show your passport at the airport, the agent will give you a piece of paper that says when and where to get on the plane. You need to show this paper at the gate before they will allow you to get on. This is a boarding pass.

They can be used interchangeably in most cases. the main difference is that luggage is only used to describe the bags you carry with you when traveling.
Baggage has other uses, including idiomatic ones. Firstly, it is anything that you carry, whether traveling on not. On the subway, you small backpack is baggage more than luggage. The moving company transports your baggage, which might include luggage. Idiomatically, baggage can mean the emotional scars a person carries with them that affects their everyday life.

Hi teacher! Are there a group of expressions in English you think are indispensable when travel for whom have no fluency in English? Which are this expressions? (beyond the classics: please, excuse me, I am sorry)

Tuesday, May 20th 2014

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No need to be sorry Caroline.

I will do a lesson soon on what to expect to hear at an airport (customs especially).

Other than that, you will have to be a little more specific. The main thing is to know how to ask for specific places:
where is…?
How can I get to…?
where can I get…?
Where can I (hire, rent, book, find out)…?

Hi Adam how are you?
I think British people use ”hire” when they talk about short period, for example:
Hire a video tape, car or suit. Also hire somebody to fix, repair or do something and use rent when they talk about long time…. rent a flat, building ……..Etc.
Americans use ”rent” in the two cases short/long period.

Tuesday, May 20th 2014

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Good point Esmtco. Although you can only hire people, never rent them. They might be insulted if you say that. ;)

Once again a great vedio from you Adam.
THANKS A LOT for your efforts..there is one request for you and that is..it would be better if you can put some more vedios on vocabulary regarding TRAVEL..
I am looking forward for that..thank you again..:)

Adam help me! I don’t know what to do… Every new movie I must watch in first time with subtitles to understand everything(though I learn English during a few years). I’m very tired. Even don’t know what to do. I’m loosing my confidence. Pleeaasse…!!!(I began even write already not bad). But so difficult to understand bla bla bla.

Tuesday, May 27th 2014

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No, Katrin, it’s all good. Everybody goes through peaks and valleys when they learn a language. It’ll get better again soon.
Actually, what you are doing with the subtitles is good. Just watch the movie again without subtitles and enjoy them. These things take time.
Trust me :) you’re doing better than you think.

Hi Adam,
Please,can you explain the difference between ensure and assure?Which is true in this example?
“It assures/ensures a lucky transfer of happiness.
And I want to refer you one question too:”He will recognize her as soon as he sees her.”
Is this sentence grammatically right?

Monday, June 2nd 2014

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Hi Anahit,

ensure means make sure. assure also means make sure. the difference between these is in the meaning of the word ‘sure’. To ‘ensure’ something happens, you take the necessary precautions to avoid any problems. So ‘ensure’ means more to make safe, to avoid problems. ‘assure’ means to make someone confident that something will happen without problems.
So, in your example sentence:
It ensures a lucky transfer of happiness: this means that it blocks anything that might stop the happiness from coming.
It assures a lucky transfer of happiness: it makes you feel confident that the happiness is coming.

And, yes, the second sentence you asked about is grammatically correct.

I want to ask you one question about the sequence of tenses.
“It was the most interesting concert I have ever attended.”
Is the use of present perfect right? Can’t I use past perfect?And which tense is grammatically right?

Monday, June 2nd 2014

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Hi Anahit,

In this case it would be better to use the past perfect. The reason is that you are speaking about a concert you attended in the past, and it can be assumed that you have attended others since then.

If you said, “It is the most…I have ever attended.” then the present perfect would be correct.

Thank you so much Adam.Now i understand.I have a little bit problems with some(not some a lot) words,what kind of dictionary do you recommend me.when i use dictionary i get confused cannot understand meaning properly.when you explain something i get it.you are a great teacher.

Wednesday, June 4th 2014

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Hi Fari,

Try using a thesaurus (it gives synonyms, which might be easier to understand).

Adam, instead of writing ‘accommodation’, you wrote ‘accomodation’, you swallowed ‘m’ letter, but instead of writing ‘inoculation’, you wrote ‘innoculation’, you added extra ‘n’ letter. This really made me laugh, hahaha.
By the way, you’re the best teacher, not only on this site, but the best generally. I enjoy your lessons, and learn a lot from it. You give clear and clear explanations, keep it up. You’re the best! Way to go!

It was really helpful and useful. Everything was clear. Besides the basic vocabulary you explained in detail everything connected with these words. I got 10/10.
So thank you for clear pronounciation and perfect methodology.

Hi Adam, first of all thank you for this lesson.
Despite I got 10, I am not sure I understood well the difference of accommodation and accommodations. For example: The online booking system is providing accommodations, isn’t?
Thank you in advanced.

Thanks a lot Adam.It’s a useful lesson for everyone.I got 80% because I confused between “Itinerary” and “excursion”.Would you mind if I’d like you explain 2 words again by reply my comment.Thank you very much for a kind of you. :)

I got a perfect score again… i really want to travel abroad someday, maybe if one day it will happen, i would really want to go to japan and experience winter… that would be awesome… thanks for this lesson adam…

Adam i just find out your lessons you are a great teacher, i would like you could make a lesson about giving instrucions to others, for example to pass messages, you will help me a lot in my work at the call center, we are between the 2 parts.

I got perfect score ,Thx Sir Adam very useful and easy to understand . I will share this lesson to my niece for her school trip this coming December so glad I Found your travel lesson really big help specially first time to fly your lesson is Really always thank
you ,

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